The London Quarterly Review, Volume 19Theodore Foster, 1819 |
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... ment : the king was infinitely pleased with it , and caused it to be placed in his cabinet among his best paintings . ' Yet with these ac- complishments and with her advantages of person , fortune and situ- ation in life , she was not ...
... ment : the king was infinitely pleased with it , and caused it to be placed in his cabinet among his best paintings . ' Yet with these ac- complishments and with her advantages of person , fortune and situ- ation in life , she was not ...
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his Majesty's Dominions ' might appear to promise dry entertain- ment ; but he who opens the volume is led on insensibly from page to page , and catches something of the delight which made the author enter with his whole heart and all ...
his Majesty's Dominions ' might appear to promise dry entertain- ment ; but he who opens the volume is led on insensibly from page to page , and catches something of the delight which made the author enter with his whole heart and all ...
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... ment as that of Great Britain , was contrary to all sound reason , and that for his credit's sake he must be transplanted into a more phi- losophical soil ; accordingly the ill - starred Corydon sold off his sheep , and consented to ...
... ment as that of Great Britain , was contrary to all sound reason , and that for his credit's sake he must be transplanted into a more phi- losophical soil ; accordingly the ill - starred Corydon sold off his sheep , and consented to ...
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... ment may be , he does not perceive that you have a right to complain : what he has you partake of , but he makes no apologies ; and if you show symptoms of dissatisfaction or disgust , you will fare the worse ; whilst a disposition to ...
... ment may be , he does not perceive that you have a right to complain : what he has you partake of , but he makes no apologies ; and if you show symptoms of dissatisfaction or disgust , you will fare the worse ; whilst a disposition to ...
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... ment will be effected in the poor laws , and in the condition of that class for whose benefit they were designed , but to whose de- terioration they have unquestionably tended . The evil which these laws have produced increased slowly ...
... ment will be effected in the poor laws , and in the condition of that class for whose benefit they were designed , but to whose de- terioration they have unquestionably tended . The evil which these laws have produced increased slowly ...
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Page 276 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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Page 276 - ... and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. And God made the two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also.
Page 301 - And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Page 267 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled : at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.